The boys entered the rematch against Catholic looking to avenge their only loss of the season earlier at All Star and try to position ourselves for a Top 4 seed.

Game one started off a little slow for the Jackets but they were able to recover and post near average performances on the high lane. Meanwhile the Bears got into a good groove in the middle of the game to open up a sizable lead before the end of the first, posting average to above average performances with 5 out of their 6 bowlers. After one we found ourselves down by 164 pins and behind 2-6. Dylan Fowler led the team out of the one spot with a 202.

Game two was the best game of the match by the Yellow Jackets. Still, wins were hard to come by. An outstanding performance on the high lane of 259 by Catholic bested Gabriel Eunice who rolled a match high 222 for the team shutting down an attempt to stay closer to even in game two. Dylan Fowler once again eclipsed the 200 mark with a 209. Cade Fletcher also pitched in a 205.

Game three had the Jackets in a situation similar to the first matchup needing 7 wins and total to take the win. As with last match, the Jackets ran out the gate strong, especially on the low lane taking a lead of over 100 pins early that they were never able to chip away at. Hayden Rainey started with the front 5 before settling out to a game ending 193 to take his point. Dylan Fowler etched his third 200 of the day on the record with a 208 to take his point. On the high lane Gabriel Eunice secured a 600 with a 201 to take his point.

Neither team bowled exceptionally well — meaning significantly above average — outside of a couple of outstanding performances, one for each team. For the Jackets Dylan Fowler was that performance out of the one spot. He was 3-0 today which is a tremendous feat against a team as deep as Catholic.

On the bright side, the Jackets were 5-4 on the low lane against the #1 power ranked team in the state. In the playoffs, low lane performance is often what separates the contenders from the field.

We finish out the season with Zachary on Monday at Circle and await our power ranking fate as we head into the playoff hunt.

Final score 7-20.

Boys: 9-2

The Jacket girls looked to even their record back to .500 with a win over Glen Oaks. In recent matches the girls had shown improvement featuring several games at or above the 700 mark with a few approaching 800. This match would prove to be a little of a struggle.

In game one the team struggled to achieve averages with two exceptions at the 4 and 5 spot. Isabelle Duval tossed in a solid performance bowling 132 which beat her average by 33 pins. This set the team off with 3 wins on the high lane and a total pins advantage to take a narrow 5-3 lead.

Game two proved to be a setback with the team not only narrowly losing total pins but surrendering 5 points to the visiting Glen Oaks squad. The Jackets thus lost game two 1-7 and surrendered a 4 point advantage heading into game three now down 6-10. The Jackets retained an overall total pins advantage which is worth three points in the final outcome. Audrey Cedotal tossed in a 151 to carry her point at the 6 position.

Game three proved to be the deciding factor with Ann Savignol tossing in a 152 to lead the team for the day and the top 4 bowlers carrying their points to give the jackets a 6-2 advantage and recovering for the win. The team also added to their overall total pins advantage which gave the team the necessary points to carry the match.

Final Score was 15-12.

Girls: 5-5

The boys brought a 7-1 record into a matchup against a 5 win Baton Rouge High team at Circle bowl. A win here would go a long way towards helping our power ranking as it would be the third 15 point + team on our schedule in a row.

Several of our boys struggled a little out the gate with the approaches and lane conditions at Circle. Still, it didn’t keep Cade Fletcher from breaching the 200 line with a 207. Hayden Rainey tossed in a 194 from the two spot. The Jackets carried the game 7-1 and would head into the second stanza with a 221 point advantage on total pins.

In game two we sat a few high performers who were struggling to allow them to adjust in the practice frames before playing them again in game three. Alex Cedotal and Cooper Bush came in and delivered solid performances to help boost the team to a more representative 1092 finish. Dylan Fowler tossed in a match high 224 in his second game and Mason Ballard dropped a 211 to carry his point. The Jackets sealed the match with another 7-1 win to take a 14-2 lead into game three.

Game three allowed us to sit a few more and get our other two starters back in the game with a little more practice time. Both players delivered with Gabriel Eunice tossing in a 224 and Quincy Brown getting back on track with a 196.

Today did see some above average performances particularly from our starting one and two spot bowlers.

Starting two Hayden Rainey averaged 192 over the games he bowled and Dylan Fowler delivered a three game season high of 573 out of the one spot for a 191 average.

#9 Boys: 8-1

Mason and Cade survey the landscape while Quincy returns from a shot. Aaron is tabulating team scores.

The Jacket girls are looking to move their record to .500 with a match against a visiting Lutcher.

The girls started off strong on game one with 5/6 girls over 100 and Ann Savignol tossing in a game high 182. Audrey Cedotal continued her solid page with a 172 and the point at the 6 spot. The girls finished game one with a 6-2 advantage. The 797 the team bowled in game one was their highest for the season to date. The girls held a 128 pin advantage after the first game.

Game two saw the team nearly match the feat with a 794. Alex Fontenot notched her high game ever bowling a 190 in the 2-spot. Ann Savignol kept pace with the first game notching a 161.

Game three saw a nearly identical performance to the first two with another 6-2 win. Audrey Cedotal recorded the highest game of the match with a 191 in the final block and Catherine English bowled a 158 in the two spot.

Audrey Cedotal finished with the high series on the team with 172,156, and 191 for the first 500 of the season for the team with a 519.

With the three identical 6-2 wins and the 3 points for total pins, the Jackets won the match 21-6

Girls: 4-4

The Jacket boys were looking to notch a good win on their schedule as Archbishop Rummel out of the Catholic League in New Orleans met up with us at Premier lanes in Gonzales to finish out the series between New Orleans and Baton Rouge crossover matches. The two teams were pretty evenly matched with averages being within 10 pins at nearly every position on the roster.

The boys noted that the lane conditions were going to force them to move in and throw uncomfortable lines. Still, they worked well with what the lanes gave them racing out quick dropping a 1142 out the gate with Mason Ballard shooting 200 in the 3 spot and Cade Fletcher continuing his torrid pace from the last match rolling 233. About half the matches were close towards the end with late marks in the 9th and 10th being the difference. The Jackets led 8-0 after 1 and scored a 150 pin advantage in total pins.

Game 2 saw the team continue their solid start with three players bowling 200. Cade Fletcher once again led the team with a 253. Quincy Brown tossed in a 220 from the five spot and Mason Ballard once again notched a deuce with a 204. The Jackets also picked up 6 more points to get to 14 putting the match out of reach for Archbishop Rummel.

The last game of the match allowed for a couple of substitutions from our varsity bench. The team repeated their 6 point performance from the second game with three more 200 games. Mason Ballard finished out the 600 with a 227. Quincy Brown started his last game with the front eight strikes to finish with a 256.

Cade Fletcher notched the high-6 with a team leading 688 series (233,253,202).
Quincy Brown finished with 670 (194, 220, 256)
Mason Ballard finished with 631 (200, 204, 227)

The Jackets finished with a 3459 with a total pins advantage of 596 pins. The team nearly shot 700 on the high lane the last game and notched a 214 average for the top three spots despite a few pedestrian games mixed in there. The 1 and 2 bowlers rolled pretty consistent games indicating that they do not intend to surrender their roster spots just yet to our steadily improving bench. 

The final score was 23-4 in favor of the home Yellowjackets.

Boys: 7-1

The girls found themselves in a matchup where the opposing team was down two bowlers. Even in these situations, raising the intensity and taking care of business is necessary to grab the win.

Game one set the tone fast with the Jacket girls jumping out to an 8-0 advantage. Audrey Cedotal paced the girls in game 1 with a match best effort of 171.

The second stanza really saw the girls pour it on with a 151 in the five spot from Ann Savignol and another solid 158 from Audrey Cedotal. The rest of the team pitched in with average to above average efforts to reach their second highest single game total for the season at 735.

The last same saw a slight step back from game a great game two but the girls really kept the pressure on adding another 6.5 points to the total. Audrey Cedotal once again paced the team with a 167.

The girls finished with their best team series of the season, 2134

Audrey Cedotal led all bowlers with a 496 (171).

The final score was 24.5-2.5 in favor of the Jackets.

Girls: 3-4

Girls say hello before the match against St. Michael’s

The first match of the season for in-district rivals Denham Springs and Catholic saw two teams heading into the match on long winning streaks and both undefeated. Catholic had already served notice to the rest of the state with a season defining win earlier in the season over Brother Martin. Brother Martin is the most decorated high school bowling program in Louisiana right now and is the most recently crowned state champion from a couple of years ago. They boasted the longest regular season winning streak in Louisiana high school bowling of 49 games. Catholic brought that streak to an end and has since reeled off several other wins heading into the match with Denham, 6-0. Denham Springs on the other hand has faced a litany of teams providing little challenge on the way to a 5-0 record with an average margin of 25-2. Today would put both teams to the test.

Game one started off strong for both teams but especially for Catholic on their low lane with their one bowler drifting off a long string of strikes to end the first game with a crushing 269 and a win against an otherwise solid performance in the one spot for Denham. The difference between the two teams was in that matchup. Denham took two wins on the high lane but found themselves down 90 pins total The score was 2-5 in favor of Catholic after 1. The Jackets reeled off a solid but rather pedestrian 1164 (194 average) for the first game to Catholic’s 1254. Cade Fletcher led the team with a 208 in the first game.

Game two saw the best performance by both teams in the match, with Catholic dropping another incredible game by one of their seniors on the low lane with a massive string of strikes and a finishing score of 278. Denham saw 5 of it’s 6 bowlers over 200 for the game but still managed to lose ground when Catholic matched the feat and gained another 121 pins on the total advantage. Dylan Fowler tossed in a 227 for the Jackets on the low lane to notch a win against a 224 on the Catholic side. Sophomore Quincy Brown dropped in a stout 244 on the high lane to peel off a point against one of the best bowlers in the state. The effort also saw three other 200 games by Mason Ballard (219), Gabriel Eunice (214) and Cade Fletcher (212). After game 2, the Jackets found themselves down 5-11 and down another 121 pins for a grand total of -211 for the two games. The Jackets finished with a season high 1224 in the game (204 avg).

Game three saw the Jackets down in a desperate situation needing to win all 6 matches and take total pins in order to bridge the gap left by the first two games. By the fifth frame of the last game the Jackets were stringing them strong and actually had a lead near the difference and saw 5 of 6 bowlers ahead in their matches. Still, Catholic is not a team to take a challenge lying down and they began to run off the strikes towards the end of the game and close off all hope for the Jackets to pull off the late win. The Jackets closed the gap by 45 pins overall in the last game taking it 1168 to 1123.

The match saw four bowlers over 600 for the Jackets and the same number for Catholic. The difference in the match was a few exceptional games for Catholic vs. a few anomalously low efforts on the Jackets score sheet. Two matches and total in one of the other games would have made the difference between a loss and a win. In high school bowling, a 16-11 margin is a relatively close match especially with teams where every man on the roster is capable of games over 250. In the end the Jackets had 10/18 games over 200 and another 6 games over 180.

The final for total pins was 3556 for Denham Springs and 3722 for Catholic. The total difference was 166 pins, almost all of which fell in two matchups with games over 250 for Catholic. Still, it was a great performance with the Jackets putting themselves in a position to make a run and win the match against the strongest Catholic team in the last few years and a clear Final Four capable team. We know what we have to work on and where we can go from here. We know there is some ceiling we left out there and realizing that ceiling is the next step between getting close against state title contenders and making a long playoff run knocking those teams off.